Cutting device and receptacle therefor



s. OBERLANDER. CUTTING DEVICE AND REACEPTAC'LE THEREFOR.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 29, 1921- Patented Sept. 12, 1922.

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Patented Sept. l2, i922.

if.; FI C vSAMUEL OBERLANDER, OF NEW YORK, NQY.

CUTTIING DEVICE AND RECEPTACLE THEREFOR.

Application mea November 29, 1921. senal No. 518,592. L

To all whom t may concer/n.'

Be it known that I, SAMUEL OBERLANDER, and resident of the city of NewYork, borough of Manhattan, county of New York, and State of New York,have invented a new and Improved Cutting Device and Receptacle Therefor.of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

It is a well appreciated fact that after a safety razor -blade hasbecome dull tosuch an extentl as to render it useless for furthershaving operations, that the same is usually discarded. However, despitethe fact that this member might no longer possess the keenness necessaryfor shaving, it is by far sharper than the usual `kmfe, and thus, if thesame were capable of being readily handled without injury to the user,`it would be capable of being used for a great number of purposes,instead'of being discarded.

Thus it is an object ofmyv invention to provide a container orreceptacle for a razor blade by means of which the same may be safelyhoused, permitting of its being shipped o r carried, without any dangerof the blade injuring the user.

A further object of this inventionl is the provision of a device of thecharacter stated which may be used as a holder for the blade so that theoperator may be enabled to manipulate the blade for the purpose ofopening the seams, cutting material, etc. J

Among other; objects of this invention is the construction of a deviceof the character stated which may be'provided at an extremelynominalfigure, and which wil-l occupy a minimum of space, and

58 along Still further objects of this in ventionywill become apparentfrom the 'annexed specification taken Ain connection with the draw-Iings which latter illustrate one practical embodiment thereof, and inwhich :A l Figure l is a side view of the device and showing the partsof the same partly open.

Figure 2 is a transverse sectional viewA taken along the line 2-2 and inthe direction of the arrows in Figure l.

Figure 3 illustrates the position of the parts when the receptacle isbeing used asa cutting'device, and v Figure 4 is an enlarged transversesectional view similarto Figure 2 but taken the line 4-.4 and in thedirection of the arrows indicated in Figure 3.

Referring now more particularly to Figures l and 2 it will be seen thatthe receptacle provided, preferably includes a back 5 having one of itsside and end edges turned 60l inwardly to provide a that the inner faceof this flange is spaced from the face of the back 5 to such an extentas to permit of the disposition of a flange 7, and cover 8. betweenthese portions.

.Further lugs 9 are formed adjacent the second side edge, and extendinwardly so that a structure Lis presented adjacent the oppositeside'edges which will act as a re-v taining groove for the cover 8 andpermit `the same to slide, this sliding movement being limited by virtueof the flange `6 rovided adjacent the end edge of the bac 5. Normally,as has been illustrated in Figures l and 2, a blade 7 is positionedwithin the space existing between the side end edges of the back, thisblade having its face lying flush against the upper face of the back.Subsequently the cover -8 is slid into the space between the flange 6and lu 9 until, finally the entire blade is enclosefs it being noted inthis connection that the outer end of the cover 8 :is preferably beadedas at l0 so as to more eifectually provide this closure in addition to4forming a lgrasping portion at this point.

en an operator desires to utilize the receptacle, as a cuttin devicethis may be accomplished by grasplng the bead 10, and withdrawing thecover 8. Subsequent to this action the blade is also withdrawn and thesame is placed in the position indicated in Figure 3, in which'thespaced lugsj9 are caused to extend through the conventional openings inthe body of the blade, subsequent to which the cover 8 is again causedto assume its normal position with respect to the back, thus withdrawingthe` numerous modifications of structure might readily be resorted towithout in the least departing from the scope of my claims;

c which are:

flange 6, it being notedsusl edges of said back and extending rearwardlytherefrom, retaining means adjacent the ,ing a back, side edges of saidback, a ange adjacent.

other side edge of the said back, a cover adapted to be associated withsaid lugs, and retaining means, disposed between said cover and back,said blade being capable of association with said lu s.

. A receptacle and spaced lugs adjacent cutting device includone of theother edges of said back, and a cover adapted' to be slidably associatedWithsaidback and retained in this position by means of said lange andlug portion.

3. A. receptacle andcutting device ineluding a. back, spaced lugsadjacent one of the side edges of said back, a Hange adjacent a bladeadapted to be n other edges of .said back, a cover adapted to'beslidably associated with said back and retained in this position bymeans of said flange and lug portion, and a bead portion adjacent theouter end of said cover.

4. A receptacle and cutting device including a back, spaced lugsadjacent one of the side edges of said back, a flange adjacent otheredges of said back, a cover adapted to be slidably associated withsaid-back and retained in this 'position by means of said flange and lugportion, and a blade formed with openings, said blade being norifnallydisposed between said cover and back, but being capable of beingassociated'with said lugs by having the latter passed throu h itsopenings, said blade being subsequent y retained in position bydepressing saidl cover again in its normal position.

SAMUEL' OBERLANDER.

